News about Korean new media such as Internet and mobile tech but also on conventional media such as TV, radio, film and newspapers. Purpose of this blog is to function as reference material for a research project (2006-2009) on Korean media and new media, a part of the OED research group and funded by HS Foundation (see: Affiliations). Special thanks to research assistant Katja Heinonen who took care of the blog in 2007-2008.

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Korea tops the list of Internet use within the Asia-Pacific region, according to statistics released by a U.S.-based Internet research firm earlier this week.

ComScore, a company which provides marketing data and services to many of the Internet's largest businesses, placed Korea at No. 1 on a list of Asia-Pacific countries as defined by Internet use. The May study was limited to those age 15 or older and found 26.3 million Koreans, or 65% of the population, to be Internet literate.